# SB 6.1.24 ## Text > tasya pravayasaḥ putrā > daśa teṣāṁ tu yo 'vamaḥ > bālo nārāyaṇo nāmnā > pitroś ca dayito bhṛśam ## Synonyms *tasya*—of him (Ajāmila); *pravayasaḥ*—who was very old; *putrāḥ*—sons; *daśa*—ten; *teṣām*—of all of them; *tu*—but; *yaḥ*—the one who; *avamaḥ*—the youngest; *bālaḥ*—child; *nārāyaṇaḥ*—Nārāyaṇa; *nāmnā*—by name; *pitroḥ*—of the father and mother; *ca*—and; *dayitaḥ*—dear; *bhṛśam*—very. ## Translation **That old man Ajāmila had ten sons, of whom the youngest was a baby named Nārāyaṇa. Since Nārāyaṇa was the youngest of all the sons, he was naturally very dear to both his father and his mother.** ## Purport The word *pravayasaḥ* indicates Ajāmila's sinfulness because although he was eighty-eight years old, he had a very young child. According to Vedic culture, one should leave home as soon as he has reached fifty years of age; one should not live at home and go on producing children. Sex life is allowed for twenty-five years, between the ages of twenty-five and forty-five or, at the most, fifty. After that one should give up the habit of sex life and leave home as a *vānaprastha* and then properly take *sannyāsa.* Ajāmila, however, because of his association with a prostitute, lost all brahminical culture and became most sinful, even in his so-called household life.